Executive Profile

Sumit Sadana

Sumit Sadana oversees strategy for SanDisk as the company's chief strategy officer, a role he has held since April 2010. Sadana also serves as SanDisk's general manager of Enterprise Solutions and oversees development and execution of enterprise solutions at the company. Previously, he was president of Sunrise Capital. Prior to that, Sadana was senior vice president of strategy and business development as well as chief technology officer at Freescale Semiconductor. He started his career at IBM where he held several hardware design, software development, operations, strategic planning, business development and general management roles. Sadana earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur and his master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University. He is a member of the Board of Directors and the compensation committee of the Board of Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ: SLAB), and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Second Harvest Food Bank, serving Silicon Valley, a 501(c)(3) organization.